[5] Source[6][7] Born in Cyprus, Ivana started playing basketball in 2009 at the AEL club from Limassol (junior team).

As a very young woman, she played for the younger basketball team of Cyprus.

In the jersey of this team, she achieved incredible success in the quadruple-double - 22 points, 21 rebounds, 11 assists and 10 stolen balls, and brought the cup to her team in the ESKANA (South East Attica Association) CUP for Junior Women's.

The following 2018, she won a silver medal (2018 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship) with the junior national team of Serbia (under 20) in Sopron, Hungary.

With the national team under 18, she won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Sopron, Hungary.

Ivana hit one of the most important shots, perhaps the key one in winning a medal - a three-pointer in the overtime match against the Italian national team.

In the game against Slovakia, in the eighth finals, she scored 36 points, four threes, no misses, had ten rebounds - index 43.

[6] With the national team under 18, she won a silver medal at the 2017 World Championships in Shapron, Hungary.

She scored 1,000 points in her career and thus became the 28th player in the history of the Wake Forist club.

[13] Best ACC Conference Team (2020–2021) Best ACC Conference Conference Team (2020) Best (Best Little Striker in the USA) Basketball Hall of Fame FINALIST Miller's Award ALL - ACC academic team She was among the four best players in history with performance: double-double, number of points and rebounds NCAA (International Player of the Year Finalist) Finalist Named the best Wake Forista sport in all sports (2021) VNBA - Draft as 28 pick from Los Angeles Sparks (2021) ACC - averaged 17 points and 9 rebounds per game in 2021 (top scorer and jumper) Fenerbahce - Turkish Super League winner (2022/23) Fenerbahce - EuroLeague Women winner (2022/23) Ivana comes from a basketball family.

He was the selector of the basketball national teams of Lebanon, Cyprus and North Macedonia.

For his long-term work in the field of basketball, he was promoted to Honorary Doctor of Science "Alpha BC University".

Branka Raca's mother is a former basketball player and coach who built her career in Serbia and Cyprus.